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The Chinese Smartphone Invasion

Huawei and ZTE take on Samsung and Apple in battle for U.S. market.

June 28, 2014 12:26 a.m. ET

China's smartphone vendors, having notched substantial gains at home, now have their sights set on the U.S., where, given the dominance of Apple (ticker: AAPL) and Samsung Electronics (005930.South Korea), they suspect there's some share to be picked off.

The latest chapter in this Chinese invasion is the introduction this month of ZTE's Grand S Pro and Huawei Technologies' Ascend Mate 2. Both companies have a ways to go: ZTE...